During wars, there are always lots of inventions as well as new weapons and vehicles. In Germany, during WWII, their army utilized an armored BMW that had a sidecar. There were three variations of these military motorcycles: 350cc, 500cc, and 750cc models. With a lot of these bikes there were MG34 machine guns mounted.

The BMW factory did not get all of the 20,000 ordered manufactured during the war, but a lot of the armored motorcycles with side cars were involved in WWII. Their performance was a success. Now they are cool looking collectors’ items.